Ok, so after a few days of brainstorming, we're ready to start accepting official submissions of FSM emoticons.

To reiterate the standards - there really aren't any. We are looking for appropriately themed emoticons, but that can be interpreted broadly. As a basic starting point, here is the list generated at the brainstorming thread. This is just to get an idea of what users are looking for, you don't need to stick to it for submissions.

So, that should get y'all started. Please post submissions in this thread, and I'll worry about collecting, sorting, and then running any polls if we get to the point where we have, say, 12 Idiot FSMs to choose from.

True terror lies in the futility of human existence.

Malcolm Reynolds is my co-pilot.

"The only freedom deserving the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." - John Stuart Mill

I can't believe how quickly you're pumping these out, they're awesome. I LOVE the whip-cracking one.

I don't know jack squat about animation etc, but as an aesthetic suggestion, if it is possible to make the idiot one have googly eyes rolling around, that would be perfect!

True terror lies in the futility of human existence.

Malcolm Reynolds is my co-pilot.

"The only freedom deserving the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." - John Stuart Mill

Tig, you are amazing. You should be the official something-or-other for Venganza.

You could start a business doing these things for other websites and make millions overnight! --Well, maybe hundreds in a few weeks.

Seriously, those are fantastic. Some potentially helpful suggestions:

head up arse(ass) - donkey with FSM emergent from backside, scaled as the sheep?

Ken's exasperated look - Start with Zank's avvie, and work from there....

Don't forget your embarrased one!

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickWhat happens when all the renewable energy runs out?-- Victoria AylingEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."

How about one for panic? Arms going every which-way, eyes wide with pupils dilating...Just a thought.

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickWhat happens when all the renewable energy runs out?-- Victoria AylingEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."